Bai Ma Shan turned his head and looked around the boat again, "They've all gone ashore to collect shells."

The strong winds and rain of the previous night had pushed the waves high, bringing marine life to the vicinity of the reefs. Now, with the tide receding, many shellfish were exposed. Food was scarce on the ship, so everyone who was able to move had followed the rope down to the exposed reefs to gather seafood and dig for shellfish.

The only people left on board were the two in the unopened Room 7, the injured Lü Maowang, and Anna.

He had taken advantage of everyone's inattention to sneak aboard and give her something to eat.

Hearing this, Jia Wenjun breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't her fault for being suspicious. Someone had framed her, and she had no idea who was behind it. Everyone was a suspect. To save her life, she had to be careful.

The small yellow croaker in the bottle was only the length of her palm. Although small, it was better than starving to death.

Jia Wenjun looked at the bottle, then looked up, and poured out the fish.

Da Huang beside her could barely contain himself, his eyes fixed on the fish, drool dripping from his mouth.

She quickly ate the soaked fish, giving the burnt head and tail to Da Huang.

Seeing that she had finished eating, Bai Ma Shan asked, "Xiao Jia, is it true what you said last night about Anna using drugs and gambling?"

Jia Wenjun's throat was dry. She swallowed with difficulty and nodded. "I saw it with my own eyes last night. She hid the drugs under these carpets at my feet."

Bai Ma Shan frowned. He couldn't understand why Anna would put so many heavy and useless blankets on the ship. If what Jia Wenjun said was true, it would all make sense.

"Brother Bai, do you also think I'm a murderer?" Jia Wenjun looked up and asked Bai Ma Shan.

"...I don't know." Bai Ma Shan had seen the video. Although the person pushing Zhao Di into the water didn't show their face completely, their figure, hairstyle, and clothes were exactly the same as Jia Wenjun's. Could there be a twin sister on this ship?

Jia Wenjun felt a dryness in her heart and smiled bitterly. "I'm not the murderer. The person is probably on the ship. You all be careful."

Bai Ma Shan looked at Jia Wenjun below and asked the question that was bothering him, "Why did you hurt Anna last night?"

Jia Wenjun explained, "I saw her using drugs and guessed that she had hidden them under the carpet, so she wanted to kill Lü Maowang and me. She stabbed Lü Maowang twice. You happened to see me fighting back."

Bai Ma Shan's expression became even more serious. "Why was Anna in there?"

"There's a secret passage down here that comes from the bathroom. Anna was using in the passage, and I saw her. She chased after me with a knife."

Bai Ma Shan was processing this information when he suddenly heard a woman's voice behind him, "What are you doing here?"

Bai Ma Shan was startled and turned around to see Anna.

After what happened last night, she was injured and without makeup. The dark circles and wrinkles on her face were even more obvious. Her messy and bloodstained hair was limp and stuck to her scalp, making her look much older overnight. The radiant, wealthy woman she had been was gone.

Bai Ma Shan looked surprised and wary, staring at her. "You're awake."

"Mm." She walked over slowly and looked down, her voice hoarse. "Jia Wenjun, you hit me hard."

Through the broken hole, Jia Wenjun saw Anna's gloomy face. Remembering how she had chased her with a knife after taking drugs the night before, she still felt lingering fear.

"You've got it backwards. You wanted to kill me, so I defended myself."

Anna looked incredulous. "Jia Wenjun, you need to have a conscience. Everyone saw what you did. How can you lie through your teeth in this situation?"

Bai Ma Shan had many questions in his mind as he listened to them, but before he could speak, he heard someone shout, "Xiao Bai, are you on the boat?"

Hearing Old Man Wang's voice from below the boat, Bai Ma Shan quickly walked to the side of the boat and saw the old man anxiously looking for him.

"I'm here, Old Man."

Seeing Bai Ma Shan poking his head out from the boat, the old man breathed a sigh of relief. "We've collected enough. Throw a rope down and we'll pull the stuff up."

Old Man Wang led the others to collect shells below. The wind and waves had swept the shellfish from the seabed. They used the bedsheets as bags, spreading them out in a puddle to form a giant bowl. Everyone scattered in different directions to look for food, using their clothes to carry the shells they found, transporting them to the bedsheets time and time again.

This huge reef had never been visited, so it was covered with oysters and barnacles, as well as many shellfish. But oysters and barnacles needed tools to pry them off, so there were only a limited number of shellfish that could be picked up by hand.

But fortunately, many hands make light work. After a whole afternoon, everyone had collected a small mountain of shells.

They tied the bedsheets into a large bundle, but climbing onto the boat was already difficult, let alone carrying such a large bundle, so they needed the people on the boat to use a rope to hoist the stuff up.

Bai Ma Shan had said he was going up to use the bathroom and hadn't come down, so the old man was worried that something had happened to him, which was why he was so anxious.

"Old Man Wang, I'm dropping the rope down." When Bai Ma Shan went aboard, he had also planned to find a rope to pull the stuff up. He had already found the rope, and now seeing that they were ready, he threw the rope down.

Seeing Bai Ma Shan leave the hole, Anna glared at Jia Wenjun in the dark hold, wishing she could tear this woman who had ruined her plans to pieces.

Jia Wenjun looked up from below. They couldn't see her clearly in the darkness, but she could see them on the deck very clearly.

Of course, she could see the malice in Anna's eyes. Jia Wenjun was afraid. Using and hiding drugs was a crime, and she probably had other conspiracies and forces behind her. How could she remain calm in such a situation?

Looking at Anna's expression, as if she wanted to swallow her whole, Jia Wenjun thought, could Anna be the one who framed her?

But Anna had no grievances with her in the past and no animosity recently. Why would she do this to her?

Could it be that she had offended Anna without realizing it? But to take revenge on her by causing the yacht to run aground and involving her in the drug hiding incident, it just didn't add up.

At this time, Old Man Wang and Hu Si were tying the bedsheets to the rope, and the others boarded the ship one by one.

Seeing that Anna was awake, everyone was surprised and surrounded her, asking her questions.

"I just went to the bathroom and heard a strange noise. I wanted to go through the ship's escape passage to see what was going on, but I didn't expect..."

Seeing her stop, Lili quickly urged, "Didn't expect what?"

"I didn't expect to see Boss Lü lying on the ground, and Xiao Jia was stabbing him with a knife."

The people around gasped, and Bai Ma Shan also turned to look.

Anna seemed to have pulled on the wound on her head, and sucked in a breath of cold air from the pain. She endured the pain and continued to accuse Jia Wenjun, "I was also scared at the time and wanted to run away, but she dragged me in too. You arrived just as she was about to attack me."